Mexican gang shrines @ CNN
New art comic on death @ A Softer World
Videos of funeral and cobra rituals in India, Japanese woman publishes book full of text messages sent to her dead husband's cell phone, and Simulated crime-scene bathroom accessories @ BoingBoing.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
boingboing on GOOD magazine blog
The maker mindset on the DIY funeral movement at GOOD.
I really think that this new era is going to be defined by instructables-enabled mindset rather than embracing a maker ethos. It's why paint-by-numbers sell so well ;)
I really think that this new era is going to be defined by instructables-enabled mindset rather than embracing a maker ethos. It's why paint-by-numbers sell so well ;)
Monday, March 16, 2009
boingboing roundup, because original content is just so much work sometimes.
Build a coffin out of Ikea parts. Classier than the original featured in Readymade magazine by the same artist.
Recycle, reduce, reheat that pizza!
Do we really need EcoPods anymore now that Bill Nye the Science Guy can help you manufacture recycled paper at home?
Seductive furniture made from coffin parts.
Apparently novelty coffins are big in Africa. They honor the occupation of the deceased, like this taxi driver.
Recycle, reduce, reheat that pizza!
Do we really need EcoPods anymore now that Bill Nye the Science Guy can help you manufacture recycled paper at home?
Seductive furniture made from coffin parts.
Apparently novelty coffins are big in Africa. They honor the occupation of the deceased, like this taxi driver.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Morty's Valentine's Day Shopping Guide
1. Antiques
The Funk House antique store in downtown Las Vegas always seems to have a selection of coffins and more retro embalming tables than you can shake a cold, ashy fist at.
Take a virtual tour, come visit during First Friday festivities (gallery night) where they take center stage or, you know-unload your funerary crap on them!
2. Jewelry
Another great stop is Sunspot Designs. Their selection of jewelry made from human bones is unparalleled. The artist was previously based out of New Orleans, where her amazing sculptures made with full human skeletons used to be in her home. Let's hope it wasn't all washed away in the flood!
3. DIY
BoingBoing Roundup
The best weirdness to make it to the auspicious ranks of boingboing.net posts:
Cemeteries surrounded by parking lots
Memorial for a cobbler of clown shoes
A moving eulogy for a father
Susie Bright: Daughter Songs -- Death and Loss at the End of the Year
Anatomical laser-cut chairs For the discerning lair--because heads floating in jars are SO last century
National Museum of Health and Medicine photos But heads in jars are still SO COOL
God’s Many Murders A GOOD magazine/boingboing production: tallying the biblical bodycount.
Cemeteries surrounded by parking lots
Memorial for a cobbler of clown shoes
A moving eulogy for a father
Susie Bright: Daughter Songs -- Death and Loss at the End of the Year
Anatomical laser-cut chairs For the discerning lair--because heads floating in jars are SO last century
National Museum of Health and Medicine photos But heads in jars are still SO COOL
God’s Many Murders A GOOD magazine/boingboing production: tallying the biblical bodycount.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
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